Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel and today it's the LAY-Z-SPA running costs this is
how much it costs to actually fill it up with water, how much it cost to run it, how much to
have the heating on, how much to have the water filtration system on and how much it costs when
you've actually got the bubbles on, and this is on a LAY-Z-SPA Bahamas which is a four-person spa,
and then after I've taken you through the running costs I'll just take you through a few quick
tips just to help keep your LAY-Z-SPA water in really good condition, right let's get cracking,
well in a minute! Just a quick note all of these costs are at current rates in 2022 and obviously
utility bills are going through the roof. The first cost will be filling it up with water
as long as you haven't got a hosepipe ban the LAY-Z-SPA Bahamas model which is a four person spa
holds 669 litres and at current rates a thousand litres costs about £3.00 so this is going to
cost about £2.00 to fill up, the next thing you'll need is multi-function chlorine tablets
these go in your flotation device or ChemConnect device I got a tub of 50 of these for £15.00 these
tend to last about a week depending on your chlorine strength device. What you'll also
need on a regular basis is brand new filters these vary in price from about £2.50 each to £5.00 each
depending on whether you bulk buy or not, these last generally about one to two weeks but there
is a way that you can actually clean your filters and there's a link above now about how to do that,
that just saves you a bit of cash. Right now let's get on to the running costs obviously this is a
very old electricity meter most people have smart meters and we'll work out on the basis that one
kilowatt an hour costs about 50p (£0.50) that's a 1000 watts of electricity, just a little tip when
you're heating your LAY-Z-SPA make sure you keep the cover on that just helps it heat up quicker,
any direct sunlight on your LAY-Z-SPA will degrade it over time so it's definitely worth
putting a cover on it if it's in direct sunlight that will help it last longer. Right let's get on
to the running costs at the moment the heater is not on because it's green we've just got
the water filtration device on if you put your hand over it you can feel the water coming out,
the water filtration device which keeps your water clean through the filter
runs at about 50 watts so this will cost you about 2p (£0.02) an hour so not much at all,
if we then turn the temperature of the water up I'm going to select 37 degrees centigrade now the
heating is on and the water filtration system and if you put your hand down by the heater
you'll feel hot water coming out of there so the water filtration is 50 watts and the heating is
2000 watts that's 2 kilowatts so that will cost about £1.00 an hour while it's running.
If we then turn the heating off and the water filtration system and just run the bubbles
this is 800 watts and this will cost about 40p per hour (£0.40) just bear
in mind this will significantly lower the temperature of your water
especially if the ambient temperature outside is cold.
If we now turn the bubbles off we've got nothing running at all and when there's
nothing running there's no running costs at all so if it's a nice hot sunny day
you can just chill out in your LAY-Z-SPA with no costs involved but I do recommend you always
have the water filtration system on when you're in it. If we now select everything so we've got
the water filter on and the heating on and the bubbles that is a total of 2850 watts,
2.85 kilowatts and that is going to cost you about £2.42 per hour at current rates.
Just a few tips to keep your LAY-Z-SPA water in tip-top condition if anyone is getting in your
LAY-Z-SPA make sure they have a nice shower before they get in this gets rid of any deodorant or skin
creams or sun cream anything like that, that just helps keep your water nice and clean and make sure
you wipe your feet on a towel before you get into the LAY-Z-SPA, then buy a cheap sieve and just use
this to get out any debris that's floating on the surface that's dead flies, leaves anything like
that, that will really help stop your filter getting clogged up quickly, the other tip is
to make sure that you keep your chlorine tablets regularly changed ours has got the
ChemConnect device to distribute the chlorine and there's a link above now about how to use that.
Up here is a video on how to adjust the ChemConnect strength that's the chlorine
strength in your spa up here is how to add additional air if it starts getting
a little bit soggy and down here is how to clean your filters and save a bit of cash
thanks for visiting my channel everyone I really really appreciate it. 'Lurgs'.